Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Loomis Armored LLC, 6605 Joy Road, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13057
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a cart to deliver bags of coins to a bank. The employee's fingertip was amputated between the cart handle and the ground.
AmputationFingertip(s)Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
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